Payscale

Payscale (operating at payscale.com) is a compensation intelligence platform engineered for HR, finance, and business leaders to make data-driven pay decisions. Founded by Joe Giordano and John Gaffney and headquartered in Seattle, United States, Payscale unites data, workflows, and AI-powered insights to solve the challenge of opaque or inconsistent compensation practices. Under the hood, the platform collects and analyzes employment and salary data, transforming it into actionable intelligence for pay equity, market benchmarking, and strategic planning. This allows organizations to align compensation with business performance, attract and retain talent, and ensure fair pay structures. Backed by a majority investment of up to $100 million from Warburg Pincus and $118M in funding from Mercer, Payscale continues to expand its data and software solutions for the HR market.